i'm kaylee rowena * (she/her or they/them) & i'm an nyc-based comic artist and illustrator. i love telling stories about ghosts, haunted houses, complicated lesbians, and all things uncanny and unknown.
about me!
✧ favorite color: pink
✦ favorite book: the haunting of hill house (shirley jackson)
✧ favorite film: pacific rim (dir. guillermo del toro)
✦ favorite cryptid: the flatwoods monster
& about this website more about me
want to work together?
interested in hiring me? i'm always open to discussing freelance illustration and comics work. i'm especially interested in gothic horror, unique takes on haunted house stories, stories about morally complex lesbians, and comics that play with unconventional formats.
currently (as of fall 2024) my schedule is full for longer projects, but if you have a short-term/one-off gig you think i'd be a good fit for, shoot me an email!
i'm also currently seeking agent representation!
contact me:
kayleerowena @ gmail.com
publications
comics & books
-
the witch's wings and other terrifying tales: an are you afraid of the dark? graphic novel
— written by tehlor kay meija, amulet books, 2023
✧ kirkus starred review
-
the relentless lark #2
— written by mark stack, 2023
-
haunts, a haunted house artbook & ongoing illustration project
— self-published via kickstarter, 2022
- party of your afterlife
— written by jordan alsaqa, 2021
- dr. love wave and the experiments #2
— written by greg gustin, 2021
- the scent of may rain
— written by mark stack & rae epstein, 2020
✧ one of cbr.com's top 10 comics by jewish creators
see also: /comics
anthologies
-
tower magazine
— 2023, issue #1: end (comic: decaying orbit)
-
hiraeth: a longing for home
— 2021 (illustration: haunted home)
-
embodied: an intersectional feminist comics poetry anthology
— a wave blue world, 2021 (comic: university toxic, written by laura hinton)
-
gothic tales of haunted futures anthology
— bedside press, 2020 (comic: in the shadow of the moon, written by lucía iannone)
-
sapphic zines: celestial bodies anthology — 2019 (comic: sun-kissed)
-
drawing power: women's stories of sexual violence, harassment, and survival — abrams, 2019 (comic: photographs of wild beasts)
✧ winner of the 2020 eisner award for best anthology
illustrations & cover art
-
breakwater review
— 2024, issue #35 (illustrations: hauntings)
- you took the wrong turn anthology
— wrong publishing, 2023 (cover art & interior illustrations)
- she is a haunting
— written by trang thanh tran, barnes & noble exclusive edition, 2023 (endpaper illustrations)
- this discord has ghosts in it
— tabletop game print edition, good luck press, 2022 (interior illustrations)
- absurdia
— tabletop game by quinn majeski, 2022 (cover art & interior illustrations)
- tournament arc — tabletop game, 2022 (cover art & interior illustrations)
- diet milk literary magazine — fall/winter 2022 issue, 2022 (cover art)
interested in hiring me? i'm always open to discussing freelance illustration and comics work. i'm especially interested in gothic horror, unique takes on haunted house stories, stories about morally complex lesbians, and comics that play with unconventional formats.
currently (as of fall 2024) my schedule is full for longer projects, but if you have a short-term/one-off gig you think i'd be a good fit for, shoot me an email!
i'm also currently seeking agent representation!
contact me:
kayleerowena @ gmail.com
comics & books
-
the witch's wings and other terrifying tales: an are you afraid of the dark? graphic novel
— written by tehlor kay meija, amulet books, 2023
✧ kirkus starred review
- the relentless lark #2 — written by mark stack, 2023
- haunts, a haunted house artbook & ongoing illustration project — self-published via kickstarter, 2022
- party of your afterlife — written by jordan alsaqa, 2021
- dr. love wave and the experiments #2 — written by greg gustin, 2021
- the scent of may rain
— written by mark stack & rae epstein, 2020
✧ one of cbr.com's top 10 comics by jewish creators
anthologies
- tower magazine — 2023, issue #1: end (comic: decaying orbit)
- hiraeth: a longing for home — 2021 (illustration: haunted home)
- embodied: an intersectional feminist comics poetry anthology — a wave blue world, 2021 (comic: university toxic, written by laura hinton)
- gothic tales of haunted futures anthology — bedside press, 2020 (comic: in the shadow of the moon, written by lucía iannone)
- sapphic zines: celestial bodies anthology — 2019 (comic: sun-kissed)
-
drawing power: women's stories of sexual violence, harassment, and survival — abrams, 2019 (comic: photographs of wild beasts)
✧ winner of the 2020 eisner award for best anthology
illustrations & cover art
- breakwater review — 2024, issue #35 (illustrations: hauntings)
- you took the wrong turn anthology — wrong publishing, 2023 (cover art & interior illustrations)
- she is a haunting — written by trang thanh tran, barnes & noble exclusive edition, 2023 (endpaper illustrations)
- this discord has ghosts in it — tabletop game print edition, good luck press, 2022 (interior illustrations)
- absurdia — tabletop game by quinn majeski, 2022 (cover art & interior illustrations)
- tournament arc — tabletop game, 2022 (cover art & interior illustrations)
- diet milk literary magazine — fall/winter 2022 issue, 2022 (cover art)